On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Lanny Marcus lmmailinglists@gmail.com wrote:
If I use "system-config-display" or "system-config-display --reconfig" although I get a message that I need to log out of GNOME, to have the new file written, for new Display Resolution, logging out or restarting the box does not result in the new settings for the Display taking hold. Sometimes, the number of colors is updated, but *never* the Resolution. Below is my xorg.conf file. What do I need to include in xorg.conf for the resolution to be 1280 x 1024 instead of the current 1600 x 1200? Display is a Dell M991 and the Video Card is shown as Nvidia NV11 (GeForce2 MX/MX400). CentOS 5.2 (32 bit) fully updated. TIA!
# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display
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Modes "1600x1200" "1600x1024" "1440x900" "1400x1050" "1280x1024"
<snip> John & Bill: Thank you for the quick replies! I deleted the modes ahead of 1280x1024 and it's working. :-) I'd contemplated removing those modes, but better with your 2 cents! I believe that system-config-display works OK on my box (Dell Dimension 2400 with integrated Intel everything on the mobo), but that's my old box (now daughters) and it has an Nvidia video card, which I suspect is not supported well by system-config-display. I remember having this problem 2 or 3 years ago. Lanny
On Fri, 2009-01-30 at 11:02 -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote:
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Lanny Marcus lmmailinglists@gmail.com wrote:
If I use "system-config-display" or "system-config-display --reconfig" although I get a message that I need to log out of GNOME, to have the new file written, for new Display Resolution, logging out or restarting the box does not result in the new settings for the Display taking hold. Sometimes, the number of colors is updated, but *never* the Resolution. Below is my xorg.conf file. What do I need to include in xorg.conf for the resolution to be 1280 x 1024 instead of the current 1600 x 1200? Display is a Dell M991 and the Video Card is shown as Nvidia NV11 (GeForce2 MX/MX400). CentOS 5.2 (32 bit) fully updated. TIA!
# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display
<snip> > Modes "1600x1200" "1600x1024" "1440x900" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" <snip> John & Bill: Thank you for the quick replies! I deleted the modes ahead of 1280x1024 and it's working. :-) I'd contemplated removing those modes, but better with your 2 cents! I believe that system-config-display works OK on my box (Dell Dimension 2400 with integrated Intel everything on the mobo), but that's my old box (now daughters) and it has an Nvidia video card, which I suspect is not supported well by system-config-display. I remember having this problem 2 or 3 years ago. Lanny
Rpmforge has rpms for nvidia drivers (older like I use and newer too). WFM just fine. Although, as I said, I don't config in runlevel 5, just runlevel 3.
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On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 11:12 AM, William L. Maltby CentOS4Bill@triad.rr.com wrote:
On Fri, 2009-01-30 at 11:02 -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote:
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Lanny Marcus lmmailinglists@gmail.com wrote:
If I use "system-config-display" or "system-config-display --reconfig" although I get a message that I need to log out of GNOME, to have the new file written, for new Display Resolution, logging
Rpmforge has rpms for nvidia drivers (older like I use and newer too).
Should I try them? I can't imagine that system-config-display does not work, with other video cards and chips, so I suspect the problem is with the nv driver that got installed with the OS.
On Fri, 2009-01-30 at 15:47 -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote:
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 11:12 AM, William L. Maltby CentOS4Bill@triad.rr.com wrote:
On Fri, 2009-01-30 at 11:02 -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote:
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Lanny Marcus lmmailinglists@gmail.com wrote:
If I use "system-config-display" or "system-config-display --reconfig" although I get a message that I need to log out of GNOME, to have the new file written, for new Display Resolution, logging
Rpmforge has rpms for nvidia drivers (older like I use and newer too).
Should I try them? I can't imagine that system-config-display does not
I think you might want to. But not for the problem. I don't think that's related.
work, with other video cards and chips, so I suspect the problem is with the nv driver that got installed with the OS.
I doubt that. Before I started using the rpmforge packages, I used the box-stock ones w/o problems. I suspect that running it from a X session is related. ISTR that in some other thread someone mentioned some CLI stuff specific to Gnome could be used, but I don't recall them. I _think_ the normal GUI display configuration stuff just modifies configs for the desktop manager. I _suspect_ they would not update xorg.config. System-config-display does that and AFAIK has no problem. But, as mentioned, I never ran it while X was active and never used --reconfig.
I also _always_ visually inspected the results and modified them to suit my taste: reduced the number of modes, added more color depths, filled in missing DDC info, etc.
As to the rpmforge units, my _perception_ is that things work a little faster with those drivers. The stock nv driver is ok, but a lot of folks have commented about increased utility with the nvidia drivers. They usually installed from source.
Since rpmforge now has rpms for both the older and newer drivers, no need to roll your own.
You'll need to get card ID information so you know if you need the older or newer drivers. E.g.
$ /sbin/lspci|grep -i nv 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 4000] (rev c1)
From X.org.log
(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 4000 AGP 8x] rev 193, Mem @ 0xe8000000/24, 0xe0000000/27
If you just acquired the card, probably the newer package is what you want. If the card is a couple years old, the older one is likely what's needed.
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HTH
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